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17-A §501-A. Disorderly conduct

§501-A. Disorderly conduct 1.  A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if:   A. In a public place, the person intentionally or recklessly causes annoyance to others by intentionally:   (1) Making loud and unreasonable noise, including, but not limited to, loud and unreasonable noise resulting from the use of consumer fireworks;   (2) Activating […]

17-A §501. Disorderly conduct (REPEALED)

§501. Disorderly conduct (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §§64,65 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 510, §55 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 37, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 266 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 258, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 144, §2 (RP).

17-A §502. Failure to disperse

§502. Failure to disperse 1.  When 6 or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse.   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] 2.  A person […]

17-A §503. Riot

§503. Riot 1.  A person is guilty of riot if, together with 5 or more other persons, he engages in disorderly conduct;   A. With intent imminently to commit or facilitate the commission of a crime involving physical injury or property damage against persons who are not participants; or   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 […]

17-A §504. Unlawful assembly

§504. Unlawful assembly A person is guilty of unlawful assembly if:   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] 1.  He assembles with 5 or more other persons with intent to engage in conduct constituting a riot; or being present at an assembly that either has or develops a purpose to engage in conduct constituting a […]

17-A §505. Obstructing public ways

§505. Obstructing public ways 1.  A person is guilty of obstructing public ways if he unreasonably obstructs the free passage of foot or vehicular traffic on any public way, and refuses to cease or remove the obstruction upon a lawful order to do so given him by a law enforcement officer.   [PL 1975, c. […]

17-A §506-A. Harassment

§506-A. Harassment (CONFLICT) (CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES) 1.  A person is guilty of harassment if, without reasonable cause:   A. The person engages in any course of conduct with the intent to harass, torment or threaten another person:   (1) After having been notified, in writing or otherwise, not to engage in such […]

17-A §506-B. Violation of protective order

§506-B. Violation of protective order (CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES) 1.  Violation of a protection from harassment order issued under Title 5, section 4654 or 4655, subsection 1, paragraphs A to C‑1, is a Class D crime as provided in Title 5, section 4659, subsection 1.   [PL 1993, c. 475, §6 (NEW).] 2.  […]

17-A §506. Harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device

§506. Harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device 1.  A person is guilty of harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device if:   A. By means of telephone or electronic communication device the person makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal that is, in fact, offensively coarse or obscene, without the consent of […]

17-A §507-A. Interference with cemetery or burial ground

§507-A. Interference with cemetery or burial ground 1.  No person may intentionally or knowingly destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, or any fence, railing, curb or other enclosure for […]

17-A §507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones

§507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones 1.  No person may possess, sell, attempt to sell, offer for sale, transfer or dispose of any tomb, monument, gravestone, marker or other structure placed or designed as a memorial for the dead, or any portion or fragment of any such memorial, knowing or having reasonable cause to […]

17-A §507. Desecration and defacement

§507. Desecration and defacement 1.  A person is guilty of desecration and defacement if he intentionally desecrates any public monument or structure, any place of worship or burial, or any private structure not owned by him.   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] 2.  As used in this section, “desecrate” means marring, defacing, damaging or […]

17-A §508. Abuse of corpse

§508. Abuse of corpse 1.  A person is guilty of abuse of corpse if he intentionally and unlawfully disinters, digs up, removes, conceals, mutilates or destroys a human corpse, or any part or the ashes thereof.   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).] 2.  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the […]

17-A §509. False public alarm or report

§509. False public alarm or report 1.  A person is guilty of false public alarm or report if:   A. He knowingly gives or causes to be given false information to any law enforcement officer with the intent of inducing such officer to believe that a crime has been committed or that another has committed […]

17-A §510. Cruelty to animals (REPEALED)

§510. Cruelty to animals (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 638, §3 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 740, §69 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 35 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 169 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 120 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 383, §7 (RP).

17-A §511-A. Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images

§511-A. Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images 1.  A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes a photograph, videotape, film or digital recording of another person in a state of […]

17-A §511. Violation of privacy

§511. Violation of privacy 1.  A person is guilty of violation of privacy if, except in the execution of a public duty or as authorized by law, that person intentionally:   A. Commits a civil trespass on property with the intent to overhear or observe any person in a private place;   [PL 1997, c. […]

17-A §512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound

§512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound 1.  A person is guilty of failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound if, being a health care practitioner or emergency medical services person, that person treats a human being for a wound apparently caused by the discharge of a firearm and knowingly fails to […]

17-A §513. Maintaining an unprotected well

§513. Maintaining an unprotected well 1.  A person is guilty of maintaining an unprotected well if, being the owner or occupier of land on which there is a well, he knowingly fails to enclose the well with a substantial fence or other substantial enclosing barrier or to protect it by a substantial covering which is […]

17-A §514. Abandoning an airtight container

§514. Abandoning an airtight container 1.  A person is guilty of abandoning an airtight container if:   A. He abandons or discards in any public place, or in a private place that is accessible to minors, any chest, closet, piece of furniture, refrigerator, icebox or other article having a compartment capacity of 1 1/2 cubic […]